The Bangalore Jinx

The Indian team will be a confident lot after pulling off a thrilling win in the Mohali Test. They will want to take that confidence into the next match and get rid of one jinx: never having won a Test match against Australia at Bangalore.

Out of the four Tests that India have played against Australia at Bangalore, two have been drawn while two have resulted in losses.

India's performance in Bangalore

Opposition

Matches

Wins

Losses

Tied

Draw

New Zealand

2

2

0

0

0

England

3

1

0

0

2

Sri Lanka

1

1

0

0

0

Australia

4

0

2

0

2

Pakistan

5

0

2

0

3

South Africa

1

0

1

0

0

West Indies

2

0

1

0

1

India's winning percentage at Bangalore is the lowest among all other Indian grounds. The table below shows that the Win/Loss ratio for the Indians at the Chinnaswamy Stadium is less than one - meaning they have lost more matches than they have won. By contrast the Win/Loss ratio for Mohali is a high 4 - with India having won four matches and lost just one. (The criteria for the table below is a minimum of 10 Tests for each ground.)

India's performances at home grounds:

Venue

Matches

Won

Lost

Tied

Draw

Win-Loss ratio

MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

30

12

6

1

11

2.00

Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

30

10

6

0

14

1.66

Eden Gardens, Kolkata

36

9

8

0

19

1.12

Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

21

9

6

0

6

1.50

Green Park, Kanpur

21

6

3

0

12

2.00

Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai

18

5

2

0

11

2.50

M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore

18

4

6

0

8

0.66

Punjab C.A. Stadium, Mohali

10

4

1

0

5

4.00

Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad

10

3

2

0

5

1.50

The Indians have not been as prolific scorers at the Chinnaswamy stadium as at other Indian grounds. Having said that, the likes of Tendulkar and Sehwag do have batting averages in excess of fifty.

Most runs scored by Indians at Bangalore:

Player

Matches

Innings

Runs

Highest

Ave

100

50

0

Sunil Gavaskar

8

12

600

172

54.54

2

3

2

Sachin Tendulkar

7

12

558

177

50.72

1

2

0

Sourav Ganguly

7

13

503

239

41.91

1

1

1

GR Viswanath

6

8

450

161*

75

1

3

0

Mohammad Azharuddin

6

9

438

108

48.66

2

1

0

Dilip Vengsarkar

6

7

405

112

57.85

1

3

0

Virender Sehwag

4

7

395

201

56.42

1

1

1

Navjot Singh Sidhu

3

5

376

116

94

1

2

0

Rahul Dravid

7

13

282

60

21.69

0

2

1

Kapil Dev

8

9

235

59

33.57

0

2

1

Amongst the visiting batsmen, the Chinnaswamy Stadium has been a happy hunting ground for the Pakistanis, the West Indians and the Australians. The Kangaroos will be hoping for some good performances from their top order during the second Test, with Katich, Ponting, Clarke and Hussey having already been amongst the runs.

Most runs scored by Non-Indian batsmen at Bangalore:

Player

Matches

Innings

Runs

Highest

Ave

100

50

Younis Khan

2

4

431

267

143.66

1

2

Alvin Kallicharran

2

4

245

124

61.25

1

1

Javed Miandad

3

5

229

99

57.25

0

2

Simon Katich

2

4

220

81

55

0

2

Inzamam-ul-Haq

1

2

215

184

215

1

0

Gordon Greenidge

1

2

200

107

100

1

1

Clive Lloyd

1

2

193

163

96.5

1

0

Mark Waugh

1

2

186

153*

-

1

0

Michael Clarke

2

4

185

151

46.25

1

0

Michael Hussey

1

2

177

146

88.5

1

0

Misbah-ul-Haq

1

2

170

133*

170

1

0

Mudassar Nazar

2

3

168

126

56

1

0

Ricky Ponting

2

3

156

123

52

1

0

When it comes to taking wickets, the spinners have done most of the damage, with Anil Kumble topping the charts as the highest wicket-taker. Harbhajan Singh has also performed fairly well at Bangalore, having 3 five-wicket hauls and a 10-wicket haul.